Game



March 2, 1937, p L, LME 2,072,605

GAME I Filed Aug. 6, 1955 9 ,Eji 5. 5 1 %'J- a: union Patented Mar. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to games, and aims to provide agame whichwill not only afiord amusement for the players, but one which will be exceptionally educational when properly played.

vide a game in which the game pieces are formed with numbers and letters, or other suitable char- 7 acters, the characters being so arranged on the game pieces that when the game pieces are played 10 according to the rules of the game, the game pieces will form predetermined designs, and the letters of adjacent game pieces will form words of two or more letters, thus determining the scoring points of the game.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game in which the design formed by the playing of the game pieces, may be of a single, double or triple circle in character, with the result that the person making the play to complete the design will have the opportunity of scoring.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing Figure l is a view illustrating a broken circle formed by placing the game pieces on a playing surface, in accordance with the rules of the game, a game piece to complete the circle being 5 shown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a view illustrating the game pieces played in the formation of a broken double circle, a game piece completing the double circle being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a view illustrating one of the game pieces.

Figure 4 is a view illustrating another form of game piece.

Figure 5 illustrates removable letters to be used in connection with game pieces such as shown by Figure 4 of the drawing.

Figure 6 is a View of one of the game piece supporting bars, forming a part of the game.

Figure 7 is a sectional view through the game piece support.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designates game pieces constructed in accordance with the invention, and as shown, each game piece is substantially hexagonal in formation, certain of the edges of each An importantobject of the invention is to pr0- game piece being slightly longer than the remaining edges, for purposes to be hereinafter more fully described.

As clearly shown, the upper side or face of each game piece is supplied with numbers .6 spaced apart and disposed opposite to the long side edges of the game piece, while letters such as shown at I are disposed between the numbers and arranged opposite to the short side edges of the game piece. -1

As shown by Figure 4 of the drawing, the game piece Sis formed with a blank space to the end that a person holding a game piece of this kind may use any letter he desires to fill in the blank space, it being understood that one of the ob- 5 jects of the game is to place the game pieces with such respect to each other that the letters will form words, and these words regulate the scoring of the game.

The game piece support indicated by the reference character 3, is in the form of a bar having a longitudinal groove 5! disposed intermediate the side edges thereof, the groove being sufiiciently wide to accommodate the game pieces so that they will be supported in upright positions before the player where the player will have ready access thereto.

These game pieces may be in the form of cards, blocks or other desirable material of a thickness to permit them to be easily handled and shuflied.

In playing the game, one hundred and sixtyfive cards or game pieces are used, and in dealing the game pieces, eleven of the game pieces are dealt to each player which constitute the first hand, and when four people are playing, it will 35 be seen that there remain one hundred and twenty-one game pieces which are made up into twelve hands of ten each, one game piece rem-aining to be played by anyone of the players at the earliest possible time after the game has begun, 40 but not as the last piece in the completing of a hex, or figure.

These piles of ten game pieces are termed extra hands, and a pile of ten game pieces must be drawn by a player when the player does not possess a game piece which may be matched and played adjacent to the game pieces already played or positioned on the playing table.

In the event that all of the cards dealt in the first hands, are played by all of the players, as 5 often happens, each player draws a pile of ten and the game is resumed until all of the cards have been played.

The player making the first play is the player who has the game piece provided with the highest 55 like numbers. The player making the next play can only play a game piece having a number which will correspond with the number of the game piece played. It will of course be understood that plays may be made from all sides of the initial game piece played, to the end that a number of designs which are substantially circular in formation, may be made during the playing of the game. The person playing the last game piece to complete the circle, is given an opportunity to study the letters on the inner edges of the adjacent game pieces in an efiort to form words.

In order to illustrate the foregoing play, the last game piece played in Figures 1 and 2 are shown in dotted lines and in Figure 2 the word "matted is formed, which gives the player making the last play to complete the design, several points, as controlled by the scoring schedule of the game, it being understood that a person playing a game piece to complete a word of six letters will receive more game points than if it were possible to form a word having only five letters, four letters or three letters. The points scored are gained by the number of letters of the words which may be formed by the combination of letters on the inner circle or edge of the design.

Should a person hold a game piece having a blank such as shown by Figure 4 of the drawing, one of the removable letters Ill may be placed on the blank portion of the game piece to fill out the game piece. The person making this play will of course select a letter for this blank, which will complete a. word having the greatest number of letters possible.

During the playing of the game, when a player cannot make a play by placing a game piece in the opening of a circle, he must draw from the piles often remaining on the table, until he possesses a game piece which will fit in with the game piece adjacent to the opening.

The players of the game may decide on the value of the points and number of points constituting the game, and the game has been completed since it is impossible to play the game: pieces to construct a figure with the number ofgame pieces remaining in the hands of the players, and when the game pieces, constituting the extra hand, have been exhausted.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A game including game pieces, each game piece being hexagonal in formation presenting a plurality of substantially long straight edges and a plurality of substantially short straight edges, each game piece having letter characters disposed adjacent to the substantially short straight edges and numbers disposed adjacent to the substantially long straight edges, the letter characters and numbers being arranged alternately on the faces of the game pieces, whereby words may be formed when the game pieces are arranged so that predetermined numbers are brought into registery.

PAUL LOUIS PALMER. 

